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The Masks of Death is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Roy Ward Baker released in USA on 23 december 1984 with Peter Cushing
The Masks of Death (1984)
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Add to a movie listThe Masks of Death (1984) is a Sherlock Holmes film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing as the sleuth and John Mills as Doctor Watson.
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The story takes place in 1913. Sherlock Holmes, virtually in retirement, is persuaded by Inspector Alec MacDonald of Scotland Yard to take on a baffling case. Three dead bodies have been found in London's East End, all with no discernible cause of death, but the expressions on their faces suggest that they all died in a state of terror.Actors
Peter Cushing
(Sherlock Holmes)
John Mills
(Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator)
Anne Baxter
(Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton)
Ray Milland
(Home Secretary)
Anton Diffring
(Graf Udo Von Felseck)
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